Billed by many as the front runners in this pre-season, Ferrari may win the winter championship but Christian Horner says no points are awarded until the summer. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg believes his Renault team "have" to be ambitious to become one of F1's front-runners, or else face another year of being unable to challenge for... read more »

Red Bull may be bigging up Honda, however, Pierre Gasly concedes it could be some time before they catch the front runners as their development is "never consistent." read more »

Convinced it had the 'best of the rest' chassis, Renault is focussing on engine development as it targets gap to front runners. read more »

The Dutchman has scored points in all three of his previous Japanese Grand Prix and is looking for a third consecutive podium at Suzuka after runners-up spots in 2016 and 2017. read more »

Romain Grosjean believes F1's current starting tyre rules are unfair and result in a "big disadvantage" for drivers in Q3.  read more »

Midfield drivers frustrated at being unable to fight with out-of-position front runners. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has warned Ferrari has plenty more performance to find at the Canadian Grand Prix while he also feels he's lacking the rhythm to battle the front-runners read more »

Gasly took fourteenth in both FP1 and FP2, but took heart from his proximity to the front of the midfield runners. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo led an ominous opening-day charge from Red Bull as championship front-runners Mercedes and Ferrari were left trailing at the end of Thursday practice at the... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren have closed up on their key midfield rivals - but still trail the front-runners by a similar margin as before - after giving their upgraded car... read more »

Eric Boullier has echoed Fernando Alonso's comments that F1's front-runners are McLaren's main targets and expects car upgrades over the next two races read more »

Mixed fortunes for a number of the F1 midfield runners leaves a clouded picture heading to Melbourne, writes Luke Smith. read more »

Played up as being F1's strongest 'pound for pound' team, Vijay Mallya does not hide his pride about Force India's achievements - but still fears the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was pleased to finish third at the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday, but not happy that Ferrari were so far off the pace of the front two runners. read more »

Red Bull has made the most aggressive Japanese Grand Prix tyre selection of the front-runners, with title rivals Mercedes and Ferrari making identical choices. Pirelli is... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hopes Fernando Alonso and McLaren are on course to re-join F1's front-runners in 2018 ahead of the expected announcement that his former team are dropping... read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene saw Sebastian Vettel claim his fourth runners-up spot of 2017 in Austria, and is happy Ferrari is still fighting at the front of the field. read more »

Christian Horner feels the team made progress at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, but still have much to do to challenge the front runners. read more »

Christian Horner has not ruled out his team's chances, though their engine upgrade has been put on hold for the foreseeable future. read more »

The first Grand Prix to new regulations and with wider, more robust tyres brought about a complete change of approach in race strategy. With stronger tyres Melbourne is a... read more »

Having finished the Australian Grand Prix last of the classified runners, Stoffel Vandoorne concedes that is McLaren-Honda's genuine position in the rankings -... read more »

Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg take the fight to the front runners early on in the Japanese Grand Prix en route to seventh and eighth. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr finished outside the top ten in practice in Malaysia but was happy to show competitiveness in comparison to the other midfield runners on Friday. read more »

Defending Singapore Grand Prix winner Ferrari has opted for the most-aggressive tyre strategy of Formula 1's front-runners for this year's race read more »